Typograph matrix-setting and line-casting machine.



Y J. DQRNETH. TYPOGRAPH MATRIX SETTING AND LINE CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6,1911.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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'J. DOR NBT H TYPOGRAPH MATRIX SETTING AND LINE CASTING MACHINE.A'PPLIQA'IIQIN FILED FEB-6, 1911.

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J. DORNETH, TYPOGRAPH MATRIX SETTING AND LINE CASTING MACHINEAPPLICATION FILED FEB.6, 1911.

Paitented July 2 SHEET 3.

v 6 SHEETS v J. DDRNETH. TYPOGRAPH MATRIX SETTING AND LINE CASTINGMACHINE.

APFLIGATION FILED I'EB. G, 1911. 15930,?78.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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J. DORNETH. TYPOGRAPH MATRIX SETTING AND LINE CASTING MACHINE.

APPL'IOATION FILED FEB. 6, 1911.

1,030,8'?8. Patented July 2, 1912.

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LDORNBTH. TYPOGRAPH MATRIX SETTING AND L INE CASTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 6, 1911.

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modifi cations of the invention are mine-- FFIGE JULIUS DORNIETH, 0FBERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TG TYPOGRAIH BERLIN, GERMANY.

TYroGnArir MATRIX-SETTING Ann LINE-CASTING Macrame.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Application filed. February 6,1911. Serial No. 606,812.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS DORNETH, a-- sub ect of the German Emperor,and res1ding at Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Typegraph Matrix-Setting and Line-Casting Machines, ofwhich the following is a specibeing pressed from below against the stripor guide. If ordinary matter is being set up the guide is withdrawn andis only pushed forward when the machine is thrown into gear; if mixedmatter is being set, however, the strip or guide is always pushedforward.

One illustrative embodiment and two sented by way of example in theaccompanying drawing, whereinz a Figure l is a side elevation of themachine,

Fig. 2 is a detail View showing the strip or guide entering into agroovein the matrix, Fig. 3 shows the adjusting plate in plan, Fig. 4 is afront elevation when this plate is retracted andFig. 5 is'a like Viewshowing the plate pushed-forward; Fig, 6 is a side View taken fromthe-right; Fig. 7 a similar view from the left of the mold holder, andFig. 8 is a front View of the same; Fig.9 is a front View of amodification; and Figs. 10 andll are a front View and plan of a secondmodificationv Referring to the drawings and firstly to Fig. 1, A.designates the matrix basket rotatableabout the axle a, and B the fixedframe.

By striking one of the keys Z) the corre' 'sponding' 'matrlx (Zsuspended above in the matrix basket is released by 11165111801 thewires 0. The matrix slides along its guide wire down to the collectorwhere the line is assembled and is then cast. The basketis turned upwardabout the axle a by means of the grip f so'that allthe matrices slideback againr i A plate 2 having-a strip'or guide 1 ismranged in the fixedframe B of the machine.

In the rear edges of the matrices d are recesses 9 into which, thisguide enters; The matrices are adjusted by their being pressed frombelow against the uide 1, such a mechanism being illustrated inBritish'Patgitudinally displaceable on an axle 3 which is locatedslantwise relatively to the; line and which 1 is mounted in collars 4serving as stops for the plate. If the plate abuts ted lines in 3, theguide is pushed forsition. The guide is shown in its rear positionagainst the rear stop in full lines in Fig. 3. In this position it isheld by a locking device.

As usual the machine is started by depressing the bar 19.; if however,said bar is rotated a slide 14? is pushed forward by means of cam 13,and'pushes the device the matrices and for stopping the same in front ofthecolle'ctor into the path of the matrices. This slide has in front ashoulder tached to it. This plate is in front of an arm 10 on the plate2 and thus normally ward. A. spring l1' constantly presses the .slide,14: backward sothat it tends to occupy its locking "position. Now whenthe tated, its cam 13: presses against. the shoulder 8 and moves theslide 14: out of the position shown in Figd. into that according to Fig.Consequently the plate 9 release'sthe arm '10 of the plate 2 and thelatter is pushed forward under the action of the spring. hen ordinarymatter is being set 'upithc guide 1 is drawn backsurd. .K-Vhen thelineis'subsequently to be cast, by thrm'ing the vmachine into gear bydepress- .ing the rodlZns hereinafter described, the slide 14; is-pushed forward so that the guide can move forward. Sinniltancously, the.derice for elevating the matrices for setting capital letters isdisplaced; it is, however,

' inoperative because the line is already set.

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ent No. 16,860 of 1907. The plate 2 is lonagainst the-forward collar,"asshown in dot ward. As shown in Fig. 4,.a spring .5 con-' stantly tendsto bring the plate into this po- (shown in British Patent No. 16,860 of'1907 and not shown herein) for elevating prevents the latter plate beingpushed for-v rod 12 is depressed and also when it is roor lug 8 and atthe rear a plate 9 is atshown in the drawing.

The slide 14 can return only when the plate their lowest position. Theslide is then pushed rod 12.

When settingcapital letters the matrices are delivered to the guide 1 insuch manner that the lowermost recess 9 is in line to be engaged by theguide 1. It is manifest that the guide must be projected forward inorder to sustain the matrices in their elevated position.v It is alsomanifestthat in setting mixed matter this guide must be projected inorder .to support the capital letters. In setting ordinary matter theguide is withdrawn or retracted and is only brought forward when theentire line is set and is ready to be adjusted vertically.

The plate 2 is pushed backward by means of a two-armed lever 18,revoluble about the forward by rotating the operatingpivot 17 (Fi 6),whose one arm is connected by a link 19 with the plate 2, while a secondtwo-armed lever is fulcrumed at 21 on the other arm; the one arm of thissecond lever projects downwardly and is formed as a stop, while itsother arm 23 is connected by a link with a hand-lever, not A spring 29holds the arm 23 in its'vertical position. In consequence of the specialarrangement of the fulcrum 21 of thisarm, this arm can rotateh onlycounter-clockwise.

The mold holder is' rotated through the main driving mechanism of themachine. This main driving mechanism is set in operation by forcing therod 12 downwardly.

The lower end of this rod bears against an oblique surface 2" of theclutch sleeve 71 which is rotatably mounted upon the shaft 26v oftheline cast-ing jaw h. This clutch sleeve is free to rotate on said shaftbut is secured to it in such maimer that the two 'frame of the machine,and the purpose of moving the said clutch sleeve and shaft 26- axiallyis to disconnect these clutch teeth so.

that the sleeve .may rotate freely on said shaft and also so that theline clamping-jaw 72. may be brought into engagement with the line ofmatrices. The clutch sleeve 2' is also provided with the rack'teeth iwhich .en-

gage the teeth of the rack m formed on the clutch-releasing rod 7. Atension spring 75. is connected to this clutch releasing rod and tendsto draw said rod downwardly to cause it. to engage the clutch-releasinglever 35, this lever being shown in Fig. 9. It is manifest that when theclutch sleeve 2' is moved su-fiiciently to release its clutch teeth fromthe teeth of the clutch ring Z the clutch-releasing rod 7 will be moveddownwardly by means of the spring n and the starting clutch will bethrown into operation.

The machine'is started when the sleeve 2' and the rod 7 are released.The mold holder a is then turned upwardly through 90 to bring the moldholder to the line of matrices and to hold it there during the castingoperation, after which it is returned to its normal position, as shownin Flg. 8. As the shaft 24 of the mold holder returns to its ingly heldin a recess in the releasing bar/7 .and raises said bar.

The latch g is pressed outwardly by means of a spring, so that the lugmay pass said latch when the mold holder shaft is rotating to bring themold holder into casting position. As the releasing bar 7 is raised itreturns the clutch sleeve 2' to its normal position, by reason of therack teeth m and 2' and brings the clutch teeth of said sleeveintoalinement with the similar teeth on the fixed clutch ring Z. The

further rotation of the cam disk p brings the cam 1* into engagementwith the outer end of the clutch sleeve 2' and forces said sleeveinwardly to bring the two sets of clutch teeth into engagement, therebylocking the clutch-releasing bar in its upper position and stopping themachine. v The machine will, therefore, remain at rest until the bar 19-is again depressed to free the clutch sleeve.

Rigidly secured to the shaft 26 and near the outer. end of theclutchsleeve 2' is a sleeve or collar 27 formed with a radially extending cam28. It is, of course, manifest that this sleeve and cam will have alateral or axial movement with the sleeve 2' and'the shaft 26.Interposed between the clutch sleeve 2' and the collar or sleeve 27 is acoil spring t, one end of said spring being rigidly secured to thecollar and the other being similarly secured to the end of the clutchsleeve, said spring being so disposed that it will be capable of givingto the fixed collar and the shaft 26 a partial rotation, as will behereinafter described.

On the cam disk p is formed a radially ext nding'cam arm 25 which, inthe normal or at-rest position of the machine, engages the cam 28 andholds the line clamping ]aw in itsinoperative position. When the-shaftQG is moved axially through the depression of the starting rod 12, cam28 is moved out wa-rdly'and disengaged from .the cam arm 25. As soon asit is freed-from said cam arm the-coil spring gives to the shaft-japantlal rotation, thereby bringing the line clamping jaw h upwardly intothe clampmg position; This movement takes place before the shaft- 26 andthe clutch sleeve have completed their outward axial move ment" underthe influence of'the rod 12 so .thatthe line-clamping'jaw is turned upinto its operative position before the line clamping operation iscompleted.

When the mold holder is returning to its normal or atsrest position, andwhen the cam 1 has forced the clutch sleeve inwardly tobring the clutchteeth into engagement, the camy28 is brought into position to be 1 againengaged by thecam arm 25 as said cam is moving upwardlyto its holdingposition. As said arm engages the cam. 28 it rotates the shaft 26 andthereby returns the I lin'eclamping jaw\tp its normal released position."The cam arin 25 serves as a means for holding the said jaw in itsreleased position. This action of the cam arm 25 in totating the sleeveor collar 27 operates against the tension of the coil spring? so thatwhen the cam 28 is released from the cam 25 said coil spring willoperate to throw the line v holding jaw into its upper or clam-pingposition.

, During the rotation of the sleeve 27 a projection 28 of the same abutsfrom below against the bottom face of the arm 22 of the two-armed lever22, 23, lifts it, as the same cannot rock, and rocks the two-armedlever2 0, 18, so that'it pushes the plate 2 backward. The locking slide 1% isthen moved backward by the spring .11 so that it is placed in front ofthe arm 10 and locks the .plate in its rear position.

After a line has been cash the arm 22 can i' be rotated in such mannerthat it is not 10- cated in the path. of the arm 28, by the gripconnected with the lever 23 by rods not shown in the drawing.Consequently, the

' axle '26 is pushed'toward the front without the plate 2 beingpushedback, and the same line can then be castagain. Any suitable-meansmay be employed for manually moving the lever 23 andto thereby swing thearm 22 thereof out of the path In Fig. 6 a rod is shown as connected tosaid lever ,23 'at the upper endthereof, said rod beingfshown in crosssecof the arm 28.

r V tion, and, of course, any suitablemeans may I be connected to thisod lever. r

The nfill: 2O I of armed lever 1'8'20 has the downwardly tion 31 (Fig.26) ,Y which extension carries at its end a set-Sprev'vBOQ jThisscrewserves 'asan adjustable stop. to preventlthe shaft 26-and the clutchsleeve i fron completingr swinging said attending portheir lateral oraxial movement under the influence of the start ing'rod. 12 until theadjusting bar 12 has made'its-full out-ward movement. When the cam 28has been moved outwardly with the shaft 26 suf-- ficiently to releaseitfrom the cam'arm 25 it will be rotated with said shaft undertheintluence of the coil spring t so that it will be 1n the line of thesetscrew 30. When the plate 2 is at thelimit-of its forwardmovement thelever 18-2O is moved sutliciently through its connection 19 with saidplate to throw the set screw 30 out of line with the cam 28so that saidcam may continue its lateral movement until the clutch sleeve is freedfrom the clutch ring. If, however, dirt, drops of leads or the likeinterfere with and prevent the full forward movement of the adj ustingplate 12 the lever 1820 will not be moved sufficiently on its pivot tolower the set screw 30 below the cam '28 and said set screw will theninterfere with and prevent the full forward movementof the clutch sleeve2' and the shaft from being thrown into gear when dirt,

drops oflead or the like are located between the displaceable parts. Arod 33 provided with a lug 32 is carried by the rack 7 meshing with therack 27 on sleeve 2'. In the rear position of the projecting guide 1 thelug 32 rests on the projecting arm 10 of the plate 2 and is liberatedfrom the same, when the guide 1- is inits extreme forward position.

rack can move downward only when the .guide 1 is pushed completelyforward so that the lug 32 can pass by the arin10.

If the guide 1 is not pushed sufficiently far forward, when the machineis thrown into gear the rack remains-in its. upper or lookingpositionand the machine cannot be operated. The-machino-is thrown Itis'manifestthat the into gear in a known "manner by the rack 7 movingdownward somewhat and its end 34: pressing. on a two-armed'le ver 35,which releases the driving clutch. 1" j In the form according tofFig'slj1'0 anddisk'38, driven through the" Inediunr-of gears 36, 37 by themain. driving pulley 37, by' which other parts of the mechanism areactuated in known manner, The disk .11, the plate 2 is pushed forward.by the -carries-a projection or c'am 39 arrangedin' ,such manner thatshortly before"' '-thef.ter-

minationof the cycle of operations, it rocks a two-armed lever 40 and ate -armed le er 41 connected therewith,whereu-pon the end 42 of-thelatter presses against an angle irpn 43 connected ,with the plate 2 andpushesi the latter backward. The plate is held inthis position by thesamejlocking ,mechanism 9, 10, 11 as in ,the illustrative {means forlocking said guidein its rearward position, means; for simultaneously.releasing embodiment according to Figs.- 1 to 6';-

If a line i'sto be cast repeatedly, as is; welldmown the guide 1 may notbe drawn back'hefore the termination of the cycle ofoperations. To thisend, the lever 41 is so placed by hand that its end 42 is located behindthe angle iron l3, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 10, and consequentlycannot act on the plate '2.

I claim 1. Amatrn; setting and 'linelcasting machine comprising a platefor adjusting ma-- 'trices, means for drawing said plate-for. wa-rdlyinto position to engage the rear edges 'of the matrices, means forforcing saidplate rearwardly from said matrices, and means for lockingit'in its rearward position. I

2. A matrix setting and line castin'gmachine comprising a guide foradjusting a line of set matrices, means for moving said guide forwardlyto engage the rear edges of the matrices, means for moving said platerearwardly away from said matrices, means for looking it in itsrearwardposition, means for automatically returning it to its rearward positionfrom its forward position, andmcans r'or rendering said automatic meansinoperative, whereby the guide will be held in its forward positionduring a plurality of line casting operations.

v 3. A matrix setting and line casting machine comprising a guide foradjusting a line of set matrices,'n1eans for normally forcing said guideforward toward the set line of matrices to engage the rear edgesthereof'to straighten the line, means for locking said guide in 1tsrearward position, means for simultaneously releasing said guide andstarting the casting operation and means for automatlcally returnlngsaid guide to its rearward locked each casting operation.

' 4. A matrix setting and position afterline casting ma- .chinecomprising a guide for adjusting'a line of set matrices, means fornormally forcing said guide forward toward the set line of matrices toengage the rear edges of the matrices to straighten the line, means forlocking said guide in its rearward position, means forsimultaneouslyreleasing said guide and starting the casting operation,-

.meansv for automatically returning said guideto its rearward-lockedpositlon after each castingoperatio-n, and means forrendering' saidguide returning means inoperative, whereby a'plurality of castings mayhe made-'fromrth'e same line of matrlces 5. A matrix setting and linecastingdnasaid guide and starting the castingoperatio'n, meansforautomatically returning said guide to'its rearward locked'position aftereach casting operation, and manually'operated means forrendering-said.guidefretnrn- :ing means inoperative, whereby a pluralityof castings may be made from the same line of matrices. p

6. A matrix setting and line casting ma chine comprising a guide foradjusting a line of set matrices, means for moving said guide forward tosaid'matrice's to engage the edges of said line of matrices tostraighten the line, and meanscontrolledby the position of saidoperation. I 7. A matrix setting and line casting machine comprising aguide for adjusting a line of set matrices, meansfor moving said guidefor starting the casting guide forwardto' said matrices to en age I therear edgesof said matrices to straig ten the line, and means. to preventthe casting operation until the guide has madeits full forward adjustingmovement.

8. A matrix setting'andline castingvma chine comprising a guide foradjusting a line of set matrices, means normally tending to'move saidguide forward to the matrices to engage the rear edges of the saidmatrices to straighten the line, means to lock said guide in, itsrearward p'ositionfmeans for automatically returning said guide to itsrearward position after the casting operation, and means for releasingsaid guide Without starting the casting operation, and means ,for'starting the casting operation when said'guide is released.

9. A matrix setting and line cas ting machine comprising" aguide ,for adusting a line of set matrices, means for moving said .guide' forwardlyto thd'inatrices to engage the rear-edges 'ofthe matrices to straightenthe line and hold it during the casting operation, means forstartingthecasting opera tion and a means comiecting said starting means to saidguide,- whereby the position of said guide will control the startingn1eans.= 10. A matrix setting and line casting machine comprising aguide "for adjusting a line, of set matrices, means for moving said toprevent the operationnntiVthe.

.' guide has moved to its adjusting position,

and means engaging the guide and looking t in its rearward or withdrawnposition,

said means being controlled by the starting means. v a

11.- A matrix setting and line casting machine comprising a platehmvabletoward 'and from the line of set matrices and adapted to adjustisaidlinejof matrices to the same vertical plane, means normally tending tomove said plate toward said line of set matrices and for holding it inengagement 1 therewith during the casting operation,

means for automatically moving said plate away from the set line ofmatrices after the casting operationand; means for automatically lockingsaid plate in its withdrawn position.

12. A matrix setting and line casting machine Comprising a plate foradjusting a line of set matrix bars to the same vertical plane, meansfor bringing said plate into engagement Vllll1 ll1 edges otall of thematrix bars in the set line,means for moving said .plate away from theline of set, matrix bars and means for automatically looking it in itswithdrawn position.

13. In a matrix setting and line casting machine, the combination of aline o't setmatrix bars having notches or recesses in their rear edges,of a. plate for adpisting said line of set matrix bars to the samevertical plane, means for moving said plate into engagement'with .therecesses 1n the rear edges of said matrix bars, means for mov ng saidplate away from said matrix bars and means for locking said plate in itswithdrawn.position. v

14; In a matrix 'setting'and line casting machine, the combination of aline of set matrix bars, a plate adapted to be brought. into engagementwith the rear edges of said bars.v after they are set, means to bringsaid platev into engagement with said bars, means for moving it'rearwardly from saidbars and means for looking it in its withdrawnposition.

15. A matrixsetting and line casting ma- 1 hi comprising: a horizontallymovable plate adapted to engage'the rear edges of a line of set matrixbars to straighten the line, means normally tending to move said plateto the line of matrix bars, means for loek-' ing said plate in itsrearward position away from said bars, means for releasingsaidlock, andmeans for. automatically return- I ing the plate to its rearwardposition and means for automatically operating said lock to lock saidplate in its rearward or withdrawn position.

.16. A matrix setting; and line casting machine comprising a movableplate adapt ed to engage aline of set matrix bars to straighten theline, means to lock said plat-e in its rearward or withdrawnppsitionwith respect to the set line of matrices, a mold holder, means to bringfsaid mold l olclei' to "the line of set matriceameans tol simultaeouslyrelease the adjusting plateand start 7 the mold holder moving means.

17. A matrix setting and line casting machine comprising a movable plateadapted to engage a line of set matrix .bars to straighten the line,means to locksaid plate in its rearward or withdrawn position withrespectto the set/line of matrices, a mold holder, meanst-o bring saidmold holder to the line of set matrices, means to simulta. neouslyrelease the adjusting plate and start the mold holder moving means,- andmeans to prevent the operation of the mold holder moving-meansuntil theadjusting plate has completed its movement to the line of set matrixbars; a V

' 18. A matrix setting and line casting machine comprising a movableplate adapted to be brought into engagement with a line a move saidguide plate into engagement with the rear edges of a line of set matrixbars and to hold said plate in engagement-therewith during the castingoperation, a mold holder, means for moving said mold holder into and outof casting position, a clutch to control theoperation of the moldholdermoving means, a clutch operating bar, means to hold said operatingbar in its inoperat-ive position, means to release said bar to operatethe clutch and means con-.

trolled from the guide plate to prevent the release of the clutchoperating bar until said plate reaches the limit of its forward movementto the line of matrix bars. 1

20. A matrix setting and line casting maguide plate, means to move saidplate into engagement with the rear edges of a line of set matrix bars,a mold holder, means for moving said mold holder into casting position,means to lock the movable plate inits rearward or withdrawn position,neans to release said locking means, means released by the guide plateto set the mold holder moving means in operation, means operated by themold holder moving means to return chine comprising a horizontallymovable the guide plate to its rearward position after the castingoperation, and means torender the guide plate returning meansinoperative. 1

21. A matrix setting and line casting ma chine comprising a horizontallymovable guide plate, means to move said plate into engagementwith therear edges of a line of set matrix bars, a mold holder, means for movingsaid mold holder into casting position, means to lock the movable platein its rearward or withdrawn position, means to 'release said. lockingmeans, means released by the guide plate to set the mold holder movingmeans in operation, means operated by the mold. holder moving means toreturn the guide plate to its rearward position after.

the ,casting operation, and manually .operated means to render the guideplate return- 1 2. means noperatlve.

A matrix setting and line casting maguide to said matrices to engage oneof the edges of said line to straighten the line, and

ne comprising a guide for adjusting a line of set matrices, means formoving said guide forstarting the mold holder moving means.

24. A matrix setting and line casting machine comprising a guide foradjusting a line of set matrices, means for moving'said' guide to saidline of set matrices -to straighten the line, a mold holder, a mold 40holder moving means, and means adapted to be released by the guide whenit has c0mpleted its movement up to the line of matrix bars tostraighten saidv line, said means being adapted to start the mold holdermoving means. t

25. A matrix setting and line casting machine comprising a mold holder,means for holding a line of set matrix bars,'me'ans for moving the moldholder to the said line of matrix bars, and guidingmeans independerit ofthe mold holder for engaging'the line of set matrix bars to straightenthe line,

' andmeans'controlled by the position of the guiding means to releasethe mold holder moving means.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 25th day ofJanuary 1911, in the presence oftWo subscribing Witnesses.

I JULIUS DORNETH.

lVitnesses: a WOLDEMAR HAUPT,

HENRY HASPER.

